%0 Journal Article
%T A Survey On Mac Protocols For Wireless Multimedia Networks
%A S.P.V.Subba Rao
%A S. Venkata Chalam
%A D.Sreenivasa Rao
%J International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering Survey
%D 2011
%I Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
%X This article presents a survey on medium access control protocols for wireless multimedia networks. Abasic overview of MAC protocol concepts is presented, and a framework is developed for comparisons.The MAC protocols covered in this article include Random Access protocols, Contention less protocols,TDMA CDMA, third-generation WCDMA schemes and Hybrid protocols proposed for wirelessMultimedia Networks. The operation of each protocol is explained, and its advantages and disadvantagesare presented. Finally, a qualitative comparative outline of the discussed protocols is provided.
%K Medium Access control
%K Multimedia networks
%K TDMA
%K CDMA
%K and WCDMA.
%U http://airccse.org/journal/ijcses/papers/1111ijcses05.pdf